Jamie Wells wonders if the welcome is wearing a little thin on one of our new overlord’s offshoots, in “What’s This… Android on Shaky Ground?“. Just what is Google’s attitude to fragmentation and security on its mobile platform?

Everything that we think of as a computer today is really just just a device that connect to the big computer we are all collectively building… A way to deliver services rather than applications completely independent of platform completely independent of physical hardware.

Get to know your SaaS from your HaaS, and find out how carriers may just avoid becoming dumb pipes.

Getting more specific, C. Enrique Ortiz explores standards and functional interfaces relating to Touch/NFC. Very technical stuff, and it reminds you that the bright and easy mobile future that we’re moving towards is built on complex foundations.

Christian Robertson contributes a considered article at idlemode. In Aesthetic Interactions, he asks how you evaluate the value of an interface, and constructs a framework to understand why users are reacting to a given design.

Mobile World Congress approaches…

MWC is just around the corner, so this will be especially useful for attendees.

wipJAM weigh in with their Developer Survival Guide to MWC09. They’ve got some recommend booths and developer events to visit, plus you can follow their twitter feed for last-minute updates.

Rudy De Waele would like to mention some of their key events at Mobile World Congress. Register here for Mobile Sunday Barcelona. Nearly 400 people have signed up already, so be quick if you’d like to get in. Also, the Mobile Peer Awards will be on February 16th at the Petit Palau of Palau de la Musica. Register here.

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